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TikTok knows where you are and where they are. Easy connection to make.
by RandallBrown 10mo ago
TikTok knows where you are and where they are. Easy connection to make.
- wkat4242 10mo agoDo you have to share your location with it? I don't use it but similar apps like Instagram don't have my location permission.
- mejutoco 10mo agoWifi ssids around you might be enough.
- wkat4242 10mo agoThat shouldn't be accessible without location permission, that loophole was fixed a long time ago.
- reaperducer 10mo agoCell tower data is readily available for a modest price. It's not hard to triangulate someone with "good enough" accuracy for marketing purposes. Also, the world is filled with millions of Bluetooth-logging devices. They're everywhere from department stores (to monitor foot traffic) to the side of the road (to monitor traffic speed).
- wkat4242 10mo agoReading cell towers also is supposed to be behind the location tracking flag. Including bluetooth by the way, which is why so many apps need this permission these days to even link a BLE device. And tracking bluetooth emissions shouldn't matter as they are randomised while not in an active connection.
- reaperducer 10mo agoYou're looking at it from the wrong end.
- RandallBrown 10mo agoEven without location they can get a pretty good idea of your location from your IP address or any other signals. Their neighbor also might have allowed access to their phonebook or something like that to make the connection obvious.